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In the US alone, sales of cacti and succulents surged 64% between 2012 and 2017; a market that is now estimated to be worth tens of millions. But rising demand has met a thorny problem: cacti are extremely sl […]

The Town of Yucca Valley and City of Twentynine Palms — both of which are “Joshua Tree Gateway Communities” — situated in the Hi-Desert Morongo Valley have taken council positions declaring they are n […]

While we were ooh-and-aah’ing, and shivering, Sunday night watching and photographing the Super Blood Wolf Moon and Total Lunar Eclipse event, a small meteorite struck the moon right in front of our eyes at 11 […]

AB 1884: Plastic straws
Plastic straws are going the way of plastic bags. Dine-in restaurants in the state will be prohibited from giving out single-use plastic straws unless they are requested by a […]

It’s reported this morning in news services across “the land of the free and the home of the brave” that American has a deplorable Christmas Grinch, and an unrelated holiday season school bus driver h […]

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has quietly given up her Republican registration and re-registered as a no-party-preference voter, saying Thursday she had become increasingly uncomfortable with the […]

Local Yucca Valley resident Dawn Rove among five applicants to be considered for appointment to the District 3 seat; local Twentynine Palms resident and former 29 Palms City Councilmember Jim Bagley didn’t survive […]

Historic undertaking’ expected to boost number of rooftop solar panels across the Golden State. Energy officials estimated the provisions will add $10,000 to the cost of building a single-family home, about $ […]

Why I quit flying Cathy Pacific and United Airlines too

First a little background about my flying experiences to Hong Kong from Los Angeles, CA USA. I started flying to Hong Kong in the later 1990’s before the handover of Hong Kong from the British to China. I started flying this route on United Airlines. I have flown this route so many times I have lost count of the number of trips I’ve made. When I started flying on United I was flying business class. I must say it was nice and comfortable but soon, after so many trips, my company resorted to flying me coach, and it was...